Using non-financial data such as “the type of browser and hardware used to access the internet, the history of online searches and purchases,” which is then fed into technology powered by AI and machine learning, could “advance financial inclusion, by, for example, enabling more credit to informal workers and households …
Read More »Google services back online after global outages of Gmail, YouTube & others prompt panic
The outage affected Gmail, YouTube, Google My Business, Google AdSense, Google AdWords and other services, according to complaints. The names of the mail service and the video platform operated by the tech giant trended on Twitter as people rushed to share their frustration and surprise. People trying to access the …
Read More »US envoy weighs in on South Korea v China online feud over which country is ‘original home of kimchi’ & hints at Seoul as winner
“So great to be here in the original home of #Kimchi – South Korea!” Harris tweeted, adding that he was “excited” to appear on a cooking show with a famous South Korean chef. While the American diplomat did not mention China, Korean media quickly pointed out that his tweet came …
Read More »Chinese retail giant JD.com becomes first big online shop to accept digital yuan in $3mn ‘lottery’ trial
Some 100,000 lucky residents of Suzhou city in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu are set to receive digital red packets worth 200 yuan (over $30) next Friday. The lottery, which will distribute a total of 20 million yuan ($3 million), will be held on the eve of a year-end …
Read More »British Army spies wage ‘information war’ against anti-vaxx content online – report
The British government is expected to greenlight a coronavirus vaccine and begin its distribution next month. In addition to the logistical challenge of getting millions of doses to the public, the government also faces the hurdle of convincing them to take it. According to a recent poll by the British …
Read More »Silencing discussion? UK Labour Party demands online crackdown on ‘anti-vax disinformation’ ahead of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
“Social-media companies have a pitiful record of tackling disinformation,” shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens said Sunday on Twitter. The government must “deal with some of the dangerous nonsense, nonsensical anti-vax stuff that we’ve seen spreading on social media, which erodes trust in the vaccine,” Ashworth said. He added that the …
Read More »Beheaded French teacher was DOXXED online, while mosque shared parent’s complaint over ‘naked man’ caricature of Prophet Mohammed
The original complaint was reportedly lodged by the father of a 13-year-old girl who studied at the school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, where Paty taught history and geography. He said in a Facebook video that the teacher had, at some time earlier this month, shown the class a caricature of a “naked …
Read More »TikTok sues Trump to overturn ban that could ‘destroy online community’ – report
TikTok and the owner of the platform, ByteDance, asked a judge in a Washington federal court to block the Trump administration’s moves barring the app from operating in the US, Bloomberg cited the suit as saying. The complaint was filed on Friday night, shortly after the Department of Commerce announced …
Read More »Filipina TikTok star’s tattoo leads to online race war and demands to ‘cancel’ Korea as a whole
As Poarch was performing a dance number to her audience of millions, she briefly revealed her arm tattoo, which started the whole thing rolling. The tattoo turned out to be the ‘Rising Sun’ Imperial Japanese flag. Apparently unbeknownst to the young internet sensation, the image of a red sunburst with …
Read More »Liverpool cop engages in FIST FIGHT with maskless commuter, triggering online wrath
The footage has caught the eye of multiple viewers and shows a uniformed Liverpool transport police officer in the middle of a heated argument with a commuter, who’d apparently refused to wear a compulsory mask. “I do not have to wear a mask,” he insists, adding it’s “against the law …
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